The unexpurgated diary of Anaïs Nin covering October 1931 to October 1932 in Paris, in which she forged a passionate literary and sexual friendship with the novelist Henry Miller and his wife June. This frank, lyrical memoir captures Nin's awakening as a writer and a woman, her turbulent relationships, and her exploration of desire and identity in bohemian Paris. One of the most celebrated and daring pieces of memoir literature of the twentieth century, it formed the basis of the 1990 film of the same name.